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Also note λ(gij ) is invariant under diffeomorphism. 4. (i) λ(gij (t)) is nondecreasing along the Ricci flow and the monotonicity is strict unless we are on a steady gradient soliton; (ii) A steady breather is necessarily a steady gradient soliton. To deal with the expanding case we consider a scale invariant version ¯ ij ) = λ(gij )V n2 (gij ). λ(g Here V = V ol(gij ) denotes the volume of M with respect to the metric gij . -D. -P. 5. ¯ ij ) is nondecreasing along the Ricci flow whenever it is nonpositive; more(i) λ(g over, the monotonicity is strict unless we are on a gradient expanding soliton; (ii) An expanding breather is necessarily an expanding gradient soliton.